tappets

[dannyb1986]

any1 ever chance tappets cause mine are a bit noisy, also do you have to shim them or are they straight swap, iamgoin to be doin my timing belt soon so i mite change them when iam doing that?

[BigBoreBri]

They just noisy on statup or in general??

Not too sure but got a feeling there's shims... :?

[stan]

they are hydraulic

[dannyb1986]

so no shims if there hydraulic, then no shims yeah? there very noisy on start up but sometimes they can be a little noisy when driving

[stan]

yup no shims. u could try an engine oil flush additive then change the oil....

[2 live]

or take ur cams out while ur doin the cambelt......whip the tappets out.....give em a good cleanin.then build it all back up

[matty]

Forte top end treatment cured mine a while back. About £18 but sometimes crops up on ebay.

[dannyb1986]

ill have a look for that forte stuff then, i just want it to sound right, if there hydraulic cant you bleed the oil while submerged in fresh oil, ive heard of people doing this on sxoc.com, i wonder if clio's are the same!

[MAXIBOY]

not really usually block up due to dirty oil ways. you can clean them in thinners. also you should put them back where they came out.